félidézőjel

Hungarian

noun
Definitions
  • (typography) single quotation mark one of a pair of quotation marks in the shape of a single upright or inverted comma, like , used as a tertiary quotation mark in Hungarian, as well as to indicate the sense or meaning in linguistic works

Etymology

Compound from Hungarian fél (half, be afraid, side, half of something, fellow human being, afraid, fear, be afraid of) + Hungarian idézőjel (quotation mark).

Origin

Hungarian

idézőjel

Gloss

quotation mark

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